2004, Seoul. Coming from Harbin, China, JANG Chen is a new breed of gangster who single handedly takes over a mob and becomes the most feared gangster in the city. He and his merciless gang are willing to do anything it takes for money. Ruthless detective MA Seok-do wields his powerful fists to maintain peace in his city. When MA notices JANG falls his district into chaos, MA and his ragtag group of detecti... expand

Kickstarting a plan to mop up the mob in one clean sweep!

2004, Seoul. Coming from Harbin, China, JANG Chen is a new breed of gangster who single handedly takes over a mob and becomes the most feared gangster in the city. He and his merciless gang are willing to do anything it takes for money. Ruthless detective MA Seok-do wields his powerful fists to maintain peace in his city. When MA notices JANG falls his district into chaos, MA and his ragtag group of detectives form a plan to get rid of JANG and his men for good. close

The star-studded upcoming thriller Beasts that Cling to the Straw (translated title), featuring JEON Do-yeon, JUNG Woo-sung, YOUN Yuh-jung and BAE Sung-woo, completed production on November 30 in Jeonju following three months of filming. New director KIM Yong-hoon is at the helm of this adaptation of the Japanese novel of the same name by SONE Keisuke. JEON, known in Korea by the moniker ‘Queen of...

PARK Jung-min will play a leading role in the upcoming coming-of-age film Ignition (translated title), which will be adapted from the webtoon by CHO Geum-san. Joining PARK will be busy leading man Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) and JUNG Hae-in. The story will focus on a teenage runaway, played by PARK, while LEE will play a reformed gangster now working as a chef in a Chinese restaurant. JUNG will pla...

Ahead of its domestic bow on November 22, new Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) vehicle Unstoppable has secured a number of sales for financier and distributor Showbox, as reported by Screen Daily. The crime-action film, which marks the directing debut of KIM Min-ho, features LEE as a fishmonger who strains his relationship with his wife (SONG Ji-hyo, What a Man Wants) after investing their savings in a ...

This year’s Chuseok Holiday lasted for an unusually long 10 days, resulting in an exponential growth of the domestic film market in October. According to the Korean Film Council’s (KOFIC) “October 2017 Korean Film Industry Report”, there were a total of 21.6 million ticket buyers in all of October, which is an increase of 25.8% from the same time last year. Sales recorded 174.8 million dollars, al...

Marvel continued its domination over the Korean market during the Children’s Day holiday weekend which saw several animated titles enter the market, though none could hold a candle to the Hollywood superhero gang and, to a lesser extent, a local star vehicle for Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok). All told, 2.68 million tickets were sold with 75% of those destined to foreign titles, which was a significan...

Box Office Report of 2017 The Korean film market reached new all-time benchmarks for income and admissions in 2017 after a strong December rally. Yet the real story behind the numbers was which unexpected films got audiences the most excited while several seemingly surefire hits stumbled out of the gate.With 219.87 million tickets sold when all was said and done, 2017 saw the Korean exhibition mar...

Last year’s end-of-year titans finally relinquished their hold on the top of the chart to make way for new releases as a Hollywood film topped the rankings for the first time since Justice League in late November. It was also the first time Korea fell short of a majority share since that same weekend, accounting for 48.5% of sales. All told, 3.09 million tickets were sold during the frame, with Ho...